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Tony Beckley: As a swimming coach, I'm really excited by the Gameshttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jul/26/tony-beckley-swimming-london-2012
I'm confident that the spectacle of London 2012 will stimulate many more people to take up swimming across the country<p>I am delighted that the Olympics Games are coming to London and I'm really looking forward to watching them. I've been lucky enough to get tickets to some of the swimming events, including the 200m butterfly final. That's a particularly good event for me to attend, because Ellen Gandy has a real good chance of getting a medal in it. I coached her for years before she and her family emigrated to Australia when she was 16. She was already a European championship medallist at that point and we trained tremendously hard. She has continued to improve since moving to Melbourne and although the 200m final is going to be a very competitive race she's looking very strong, having won silver in the world championships last year. She certainly has what it takes to do well. She also competes in the 100m and could do well in that too.</p><p>Ellen used to be a member of Beckenham swimming club, where I am the head coach. It's a big club, with more than 300 members, including the water polo and masters teams. The club has a proud history, having brought through Olympians such as Duncan Goodhew, Zara Long and Margaret Hohmann. We have 11 teachers and coaches and, as the head coach I oversee all the training and every squad, setting the criteria, the aims and the goals. I wouldn't go so far as to say that I run the club, since we have a committee for that, but I am certainly very busy.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jul/26/tony-beckley-swimming-london-2012">Continue reading...</a>Olympics 2012: swimmingOlympic Games 2012SwimmingSportOlympic GamesThu, 26 Jul 2012 09:00:02 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/jul/26/tony-beckley-swimming-london-2012Photograph: Steve Rose/Getty ImagesThe London 2012 Olympics swimming, which will take place in the Aquatics Centre, should increase interest in the sport. Photograph: Steve Rose/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Steve Rose/Getty ImagesThe London 2012 Olympics swimming, which will take place in the Aquatics Centre, should increase interest in the sport. Photograph: Steve Rose/Getty ImagesGuardian Staff2012-07-26T09:00:02Z